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I don’t think the ACC will survive. I think there are at least 8 members that can find P2 homes and they will. These conferences are going to 20 plus. I don’t think UConn gets invited to to the Big 12 in a vacuum. I think the Big 12 may add many former BE members as it grows to 20 plus.

I think the Big 10 and SEC each going beyond 20 members would greatly improve the odds that UConn makes it into the Big 12, which certainly appears like it will be the 3rd major conference beyond the P2. UConn as an outlier in the Northeast with poorly perceived football was a tough sell, but...

I think Yormark actually wants Big 12 hoops to be a thing on the East Coast. If Syracuse, UConn, and Pitt along with Louisville become available, that may be a package he could sell his members on, even if they don't love the idea of UConn football being included. I don't think the ACC is...

Exactly. It's very likely going to work too. Boise, SDSU, Colorado St., Tulane, Memphis, and USF are probably packing their bags now.

Once the new division is established, UConn will never need to associate itself with the G5 or non-power conferences again.

This is the best news UConn could get short of a B1G invitation. It can opt in to what will be the new P5 and not have to worry about getting invited to a conference. It can play in the Big East forever, sign a GOR and just play independent football at this new upper level. A stable Big East...

With the just announced NIT changes cementing a P6 structure for basketball that includes both the BE and PAC, I think it may become even more obvious that the PAC and BE should merge, add Gonzaga and keep building from there.

The Big East should be talking to Gonzaga and the Pac 2. I believe that the Pac 2 will survive and reconstitute. It could merge with the Big East and make a Gonzaga addition more feasible. If the Pac 2 are serious about competing as a 2 team conference next year, they have plenty of room for...

I think UConn needs to seriously consider a non-football offer to a P5 conference if one is extended. Our football would be independent for the opposite reason as Notre Dame, but we'd join them as the only other FBS independent in the P5 club.

I don't think we need to call the MWC but we definitely should be making contact with the WSU and OSU. UConn and UMass football could join immediately once it's established that they are the sole remaining voting members of the PAC.

I agree. Definitely as long are both are independents and play almost every year. Make the game meaningful.

With 5 members (Pac 4 + UConn), they'd only need 3 more to keep the football conference alive.

Gonzaga is less than an 1 1/2 hour drive from WSU.

Exactly. If Gonzaga is such a good idea, adding Stanford, Cal, WSU, and OSU makes it much more feasible.

This is basically what I've been calling for too. This is the lineup I'd start with, but Temple, SMU, SDSU, and Boise St. are other options. California Connecticut Massachusetts Memphis Oregon St. Stanford South Florida Washington St. St. John’s Seton Hall Providence Villanova Georgetown...

Big 12 expansion: Conference prefers to add one more school after Colorado with Arizona seen as favorite

Legally, as the successor to the B12 it would have autonomy status. I don’t know what the mechanism for taking it away would be. With the old Big East the American was a BCS conference for the final year of its existence. Seems like autonomy status would be harder to remove since it’s an NCAA...

It would definitely make sense. With the ACC, B1G, and PAC looking at an alliance it’s obvious that the B12 is being boxed out. There really are no additions that move the needle in football and bringing in a couple of decent basketball schools would be a drop in the bucket. Merging the B12 into...

I'm glad they are not reducing size. As others have stated, that is one of the biggest advantages for the XL compared to Gampel. Ideally, they could have done the full renovation that would have actually increased seating capacity to around 18,000. I think being back in the Big East combined...

Right. I think it just is reality. We joined FBS in 2000. That has always been the major factor holding us back. I mean, are there any programs in the P5 that were FCS until the 21st century? I certainly can't think of any.

Personally, I find it hard to imagine we were ever really considered above Pitt given their much longer FBS football tradition.

I think UConn had a shot but I don’t think we flubbed the opportunity. I think we just didn’t have the pedigree to beat out Cuse or Pitt and when it came to Louisville they had more of what the ACC football powers desired.

The article is ridiculous. The suggestion that a school of UConn's caliber in a market the size of the state of CT can't sustain an FBS football program is just wrong. The Pasqualoni hire was terrible and Diaco didn't work out. We'll see if Randy can get us back to where we were when he left...

I work at Travelers. The promo code for Travelers has been Travelers for years. They let us know when it’s active, tickets aren’t usually free, and you never have to prove you work there to use it. I understand why people who bought tickets and season tickets are mad but obviously having a...

Really seems like a great kid with ton of potential for his life whether he's playing football or not. Definitely hats off to him.

Doesn't Hockey East own the hockey media rights? Big East will own baseball and olympic sports.

In. Just might get season tickets for the first time.

Great idea but I think the AAC's current contract would prevent Fox from doing that this season. It would still be great if they did something like that for UConn's first season back as an FBS independent.

It's going to be hilarious if we actually have a halfway decent football season and pull some upsets on our way out of the AAC.

I'd really like to hope this means they will be showing FB some support.

I've been preaching this for years. Why put it in East Windsor to compete with downtown? Makes no sense. It needs to be built downtown and in conjunction with the XL Center renovation. There is plenty of room for it in the Allyn St./Ann St. area. One casino is not going to turn Hartford into...

CT people have issues. Seriously, this is awesome news for Hartford and CT. It demonstrates why having a decent arena is important for the city, region and state. I hope this is not going to be the last national sporting event we ever see downtown.

UConn getting over $1 million to move game to Fenway Park Connecticut is getting the biggest game guarantee in school history to move a home game vs. Boston College in 2017 to Fenway Park. UConn’s game vs. BC was announced Thursday along with a matchup between Massachusetts and Maine as...

I think Frank gets that. It's the BC and Wake fans that are arguing that their schools value is on par with UConn's in a vacuum that is silly.